It took 5 years and a threat by a hacker group for Symantec to admit that they were successfully hacked and source code to some of their software was stolen. As the threat was never delivered upon it is possible that the hacker group may have had nothing to do with the original hack but were more interested in having Symantec admit to the breach. Current Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition, Norton Internet Security or Norton Systemworks users should not worry, the source code is so old that possessing it will not give you the ability to affect current software. PC Anywhere users on the other hand might be at increased risk if they left the installation on default settings; according to The Inquirer Symantec will be contacting PC Anywhere customers to ensure they know about the attack and how to change their settings to minimize any risks.

"SECURITY VENDOR Symantec has admitted that its servers were successfully hacked and Norton antivirus and other software source code was stolen.

At the beginning of this month the firm acknowledged that some of its source code was obtained from a third party but said that would not affect Norton antivirus users. However, it now admits that an attack in 2006 obtained source code for other software, which could put its customers at risk."